2014 Predictions

[Lateral Quicks]

Answer these questions before game 1 in Tampa for a chance to win 0 dogecoins and internet fame at the end of the year!

1. How many Blue Jay starts from the trio of Morrow, Hutch, and Dusty? (Within 5 starts: 5 points; 15 starts: 2points)
2. How many big league games does Marcus Stroman start? (Within 5 starts: 2 points)
3. Will more than 11 Jays pitchers start at least one game? (2 points)
4. Which Jay(s) make the all-star team? (1 point per correct answer, -1 point per incorrect answer)
5. Will Ryan Goins start the most games at 2B for the Jays this year? (1 point)
6. Who will have the highest OBP in > 400 plate appearances (1 point)
7. Which pitcher will have the highest number of strikeouts? (1 point)
8. Will Brett Lawrie have a break-out season (OPS > .800 in > 400 plate appearances) at the plate? (1 point)
9. Net change in WAR from the catcher position this year (starting from -1.2 WAR in 2013), within 1 WAR? (2 points)
10. How will AL East finish this year? (1 point for each correctly ranked team)

[Lateral Quicks]

1. 52
2. 8
3. No
4. Encarnacion, Bautista, Dickey
5. No
6. Melky
7. Dickey
8. Yes
9. +3
10. Rays/Red Sox/Jays/Yankees/Orioles

[Randle McMurphy]

1. 50
2. 10
3. No
4. Bautista, Encarnacion, Reyes
5. Yes
6. Bautista
7. Dickey
8. No (Lawrie will be good, but not quite that good)
9. +3
10. Boston/Tampa/New York/Toronto/Baltimore

[Schad]

1. 45.
2. 7.
3. No.
4. Bautista, Encarnacion.
5. No.
6. Bautista.
7. Dickey.
8. No.
9. +2.
10. Boston, New York, Tampa, Toronto, Baltimore.

[There There]

Completely homerish, but It's that time of the year...

1. 64 ( On the thinking that they get 55-60 out of Hutch/Morrow )
2. 11
3. No
4. Bautista, Encarnacion, Morrow
5. Yes, unfortunately
6. Encarnacion... Bautista will be close but Encarnacion's BABIP is not going to be .247 again.
7. Morrow
8. Yes, slightly above .800
9. +3
10. Rays, Jays, Sox, Yankees, O's

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[Wo1verine]

1. 51
2. 10
3. No
4. JoeyBats & Reyes
5. Yes
6. JoeyBats
7. Dickey
8. Yes
9. +3
10. Rays, Red Sox, Yankees, O's, Jays

[brwnman]

1. How many Blue Jay starts from the trio of Morrow, Hutch, and Dusty? 59
2. How many big league games does Marcus Stroman start? 7
3. Will more than 11 Jays pitchers start at least one game? Yes
4. Which Jay(s) make the all-star team? Bautista, Edwin, Reyes
5. Will Ryan Goins start the most games at 2B for the Jays this year? I'm torn on this, it all depends on a trade. Initially I said Yes, but I think I'm going to say no (trade). He'll play the most games if there's no trade.
6. Who will have the highest OBP in > 400 plate appearances Bautista
7. Which pitcher will have the highest number of strikeouts? Hutchison (due to midseason firesale)
8. Will Brett Lawrie have a break-out season (OPS > .800 in > 400 plate appearances) at the plate? Yes, will hit close to .300
9. Net change in WAR from the catcher position this year (starting from -1.2 WAR in 2013), within 1 WAR? +2.5 - I'm guessing catcher WAR will be around 1.2
10. How will AL East finish this year? Yankees, Tampa, Orioles, Red Sox, Jays - I think Red Sox and Orioles can interchange

[C Court]

I don't have any guesses for most of these predictions, other than picking the Jays to win between 81-85 games.

[torontoaces04]

1. 54.
2. 14.
3. No.
4. Bautista, Encarnacion, Reyes, Delabar.
5. Yes.
6. Bautista.
7. Dickey.
8. No.
9. +3.
10. New York, Boston, Tampa, Toronto, Baltimore.

[Ado05]

1. 42
2. 7
3. Yes
4. EE, Reyes.
5. Yes.
6. Cabrera
7. Dickey
8. No.
9. +2
10. Sox, Rays, Yankees, Orioles, Jays.

And I think our record will be 80-82.

[kwamebargnani]

1. 68
2. 7
3. Yes
4. EE, Bautista
5. Hope not, but yes
6. EE
7. Morrow
8. Yes
9. +2
10. Yanks, Tampa, Baltimore, Boston, Toronto

[BigLeagueChew]

1. 55
2. 5
3. No
4. Bautista, Encarnacion, Lawrie
5. Yes
6. Bautista
7. Dickey
8. Yes
9. +2.0
10. Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays, Yankees, Orioles

[Dan2087]

Answer these questions before game 1 in Tampa for a chance to win 0 dogecoins and internet fame at the end of the year!

1. How many Blue Jay starts from the trio of Morrow, Hutch, and Dusty? (Within 5 starts: 5 points; 15 starts: 2points)
2. How many big league games does Marcus Stroman start? (Within 5 starts: 2 points)
3. Will more than 11 Jays pitchers start at least one game? (2 points)
4. Which Jay(s) make the all-star team? (1 point per correct answer, -1 point per incorrect answer)
5. Will Ryan Goins start the most games at 2B for the Jays this year? (1 point)
6. Who will have the highest OBP in > 400 plate appearances (1 point)
7. Which pitcher will have the highest number of strikeouts? (1 point)
8. Will Brett Lawrie have a break-out season (OPS > .800 in > 400 plate appearances) at the plate? (1 point)
9. Net change in WAR from the catcher position this year (starting from -1.2 WAR in 2013), within 1 WAR? (2 points)
10. How will AL East finish this year? (1 point for each correctly ranked team)

1. 61
2. 6
3. No
4. Bautista, EE, Janssen
5. No
6. Reyes
7. Hutchison
8. No
9. +2
10. NYY, Baltimore, Toronto, Boston, TB

[Relentless88]

1. 60
2. 6
3. No
4. Encarnacion, Dickey, Bautista
5. Yes
6. Bautista
7. Dickey
8. Yes
9. +3
10. Tampa Bay, Toronto, Boston, New York, Baltimore

[Tyrone Slothrop]

1. How many Blue Jay starts from the trio of Morrow, Hutch, and Dusty? 55
2. How many big league games does Marcus Stroman start? 3
3. Will more than 11 Jays pitchers start at least one game? No
4. Which Jay(s) make the all-star team? Bautista, Edwin
5. Will Ryan Goins start the most games at 2B for the Jays this year? Yes
6. Who will have the highest OBP in > 400 plate appearances Edwin
7. Which pitcher will have the highest number of strikeouts? Dickey
8. Will Brett Lawrie have a break-out season (OPS > .800 in > 400 plate appearances) at the plate? Yes
9. Net change in WAR from the catcher position this year (starting from -1.2 WAR in 2013), within 1 WAR? +2.5
10. How will AL East finish this year? 1. Tampa 2. Boston 3. Blue Jays 4. Orioles 5. Yankees

[Greatness]

1. 55
2. 5
3. No
4. Bautista, EE, Reyes
5. Yes
6. Bautista
7. Dickey
8. No
9. +2.2
10. 1. Rays 2. Yankees 3. Orioles 4. Red Sox 5. Blue Jays

[Sifu]

1. 55
2. 5
3. Yes
4. Jose. Edwin
5.yes
6. Melky
7. Morrow
8. Yes
9. 2.0
10. Rays. Jays. Sox. Yankees. Orioles


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[Hoopstarr]

1. 65
2. 9
3. No
4. Bautista, EE
5. No
6. EE
7. Morrow
8. Yes
9. +2.2
10. Sox, Rays, Yankees, Jays, Orioles

80 wins

[n34]

1. 45
2. 0 (I could say 5, to increase my chances of getting points, but this is what I genuinely think. I don't care much for points.)
3. No, not that many. But close. Maybe 10.
4. Encarnacion, Bautista
5. Yes
6. Encarnacion
7. Dickey
8. No
9. +1
10. Rays, Sox, Orioles, Yankees, Jays

We will win roughly 78 games.

[Santoki]

This thread is about to get a lot more pessimistic. I can't be bothered to fill in all of these, I'd just like to go on record as saying the Jays will go 79-83 this year.